February was just plain cold

It was just a really cold month here. To add to the temperature cold, we were all recovering from illness and still not 100%.

But the little ones came anyway, despite how we were feeling.

Our sheep tote and heated corn bags got a workout this lambing season. With our little Finn babies being so little and it being so cold and windy out. A few spent the night in the house before returning to mom when the temperatures crept back up the next day.

We ended up with four rams we will sell as registered breeding stock, including this little guy below.

Our Jersey heifer also calved. We were very grateful mama and baby were both fine. However, we were utterly disappointed to find out that this precious little baby, who we AI with 95% guaranteed, heifer sexed miniature Jersey semen turned out to be a bull. Of course, we adore him and are going to try to sell him off the farm since he is half mini, half standard we hope he will stay small and be a good addition to someone else’s farm.

I also tried my hand and soil blocking and seed starting and will never go back to trays and regular potting soil. It was a total success!

I used this recipe from Blossom and Branch for the soil:

2 parts vermiculite

2 parts coconut coir

3 parts worm castings

1/2 part wool pellets (I just used our wool and cut into chunks)

mycorrhizae inoculant (about 1/2 t. into hole with each seed)

Most of my seeds come from True Leaf Market.

We are still anticipating more baby calves, lambs, and goats at Dad’s. So it will be a busy spring here!